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Why you should cheer against the Raptors in the 2019 NBA Finals and support the Warriors

13 Thursday Jun 2019

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If you’re remotely pro-Palestinian, you shouldn’t be cheering for the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals (and you should be cheering for the Warriors). Here’s why:

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Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors, Oakland Oracle Arena (Florent Lamoureux)

P1) If Toronto wins, Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum is on record as stating that he plans to take the team to Israel

P2) Given Tanenbaum’s role in pro-Israel lobbying & advocacy (he founded the fanatically pro-Israel “Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs”), it is fair to assume that the purpose of the trip is to normalize Israel via sports

P3) Going on a trip to Israel whose purpose is to normalize is an act of normalization under any circumstance (i.e. waiving Palestinian flags on the trip does not make it a non-normalizing act)

P4) I have no good grounds to believe that Raptors players will refuse to go to Israel if their owner so desires

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C1) If the Raptors win, Israel will be normalized via sports

P5) I don’t want Israel to be normalized via sports

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C2) I should cheer against Toronto

P6) There are no good grounds to believe that Israel would be normalized via sports if the Warriors win

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C3) I should cheer for Golden State.

Also, Drake. You should always cheer against Drake.

Drake

How a fake story about Cristiano Ronaldo donating €1.5 million to Palestinians for Ramadan spread

22 Wednesday May 2019

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Football, Palestine, Ronaldo, Sports

My latest article has been published at Mondoweiss

Palestinian chlidren hold ballons and posters bearing a portrait of Palestinian boy Ahmed Dawabsha, 5, who suffered severe burns in an arson attack by suspected Jewish attackers on his family home last July and in which his younger brother, Ali, and his p

Poster of Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Palestinian Ahmed Dawabsha, 5, who met in Spain in 2016 one year after Dawabsha survived an arson attack on his West Bank home in Duma, in which both of his parents and infant brother were killed by Israeli extremists. Yarmouk Stadium, Gaza City, March 27, 2016. (Photo: Ashraf Amra)

“Nicolas Sawaya looks at how a fake story about Cristiano Ronaldo donating €1.5 million to Palestinians for Ramadan spread” – Mondoweiss

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